A review of maize hybrids' dependence on high plant populations and its implications for crop yield stability

Field Crops Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 103-114

  Tokatlidis, I S ^a   Koutroubas, S D ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Optimum plant population; Population independent hybrids; Yield potential per plant

Indexed keywords

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PLANTS (BOTANY);

CROP YIELD STABILITY; MAIZE HYBRIDS;

CROPS;

CROP YIELD; HYBRID; MAIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE USE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SELECTIVE BREEDING; STRESS RESISTANCE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2442606436     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2003.11.013     Document Type: Article

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